Washed Rust color palette — #FFF3E6 · #FC9593 · #C15D2E · #4F5700 · #34190C

A conversation between Terracotta and Melon, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF3E6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Melon (#FC9593): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Terracotta (#C15D2E): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Deep Olive (#4F5700): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Onyx (#34190C): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged retro, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed Rust into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

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